Data set from Pupil attendance in schools

Pupil attendance since week commencing 11 September 2023 - year to date

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Published 13 June 2024

Last updated 13 June 2024

Year-to-date local authority, regional and national attendance since 11 September 2023, including reasons for absence. Figures are provided for state-funded primary, secondary and special schools. Totals for all schools are also included that include estimates for non-response.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Pupil attendance in schools
• Release: Week 21 2024
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Afternoon sessions
  • Attendance rate
  • Authorised absence rate
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	new_la_code	la_name	old_la_code	school_type	num_schools	enrolments	present_sessions	overall_attendance	approved_educational_activity	overall_absence	authorised_absence	unauthorised_absence	late_sessions	possible_sessions	reason_present_am	reason_present_pm	reason_present	reason_l_present_late_before_registers_closed	reason_i_authorised_illness	reason_m_authorised_medical_dental	reason_r_authorised_religious_observance	reason_s_authorised_study_leave	reason_t_authorised_grt_absence	reason_h_authorised_holiday	reason_e_authorised_excluded	reason_c_authorised_other	reason_b_aea_education_off_site	reason_d_aea_dual_registration	reason_j_aea_interview	reason_p_aea_approved_sporting_activity	reason_v_aea_educational_visit_trip	reason_w_aea_work_experience	reason_g_unauthorised_holiday	reason_u_unauthorised_late_after_registers_closed	reason_o_other_unauthorised	reason_n_no_reason_yet	total_num_schools	total_enrolments	attendance_perc	overall_absence_perc	authorised_absence_perc	unauthorised_absence_perc	illness_perc	appointments_perc	unauth_hol_perc	unauth_oth_perc	unauth_late_registers_closed_perc	unauth_not_yet_perc	auth_religious_perc	auth_study_perc	auth_grt_perc	auth_holiday_perc	auth_excluded_perc	auth_other_perc	pa_perc	time_identifier
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E10000028	Staffordshire	860	Primary	280.9367089	50261.99367	14450860	14580542	129682	771560	598768	172792	143105	15352102	7117847	7209519	14327366	123494	497836	36353	5253	11	2022	11747	4488	41006	30115	6913	167	5332	94068	0	76338	19611	70458	6385	299	63382	94.97423871	5.025761293	3.900234639	1.125526654	3.242787209	0.236794935	0.497247869	0.458946925	0.127741465	0.041590396	0.034216813	7.17E-05	0.013170835	0.076517209	0.029233782	0.267103488	12.34342974	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	941	Primary	135.2565789	27873.23026	7795677	7866955	71278	419905	320037	99868	80919	8286860	3840585	3883556	7724141	71536	260791	21656	609	1	633	1893	2659	31794	17185	4579	179	8892	45020	2	34484	9383	50680	5321	148	35013	94.93288169	5.067118305	3.861981498	1.205136807	3.147042426	0.261329382	0.416128666	0.611570607	0.113227447	0.064210087	0.007348984	1.21E-05	0.007638599	0.022843393	0.032086942	0.383667638	13.08140503	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E10000015	Hertfordshire	919	Primary	337.496732	70540.5098	19913324	20066095	152771	1126720	884603	242117	219089	21192815	9797749	9928656	19726405	186919	708467	61473	2605	13	4330	9871	6110	91733	18243	8747	847	21123	112554	4	88132	32170	107801	14014	400	102135	94.68348117	5.31651883	4.174070316	1.142448514	3.342958451	0.290065289	0.415857922	0.508667678	0.151796729	0.066126185	0.012291902	6.13E-05	0.020431453	0.046577106	0.028830526	0.432849529	13.51994705	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000024	Sunderland	394	Primary	72.76315789	15561.26316	4257490	4284240	26750	266747	188864	77883	49627	4550987	2086324	2124954	4211278	46212	161752	12191	219	3	1032	2331	851	10485	3858	10436	7	875	22010	0	38197	3415	32488	3783	81	23146	94.13870002	5.861299977	4.149956921	1.711343056	3.554218019	0.267875957	0.839312439	0.713867124	0.075038667	0.083124825	0.004812143	6.59E-05	0.0226764	0.051219659	0.01869924	0.230389584	17.21451181	Academic year
202324	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	E06000012	North East Lincolnshire	812	Primary	45.89473684	11209.41447	3179239	3197810	18571	186253	121923	64330	35820	3384063	1562182	1586194	3148376	30863	102205	8515	17	1	1	1871	1209	8104	1389	6917	25	3928	13226	3	21444	4957	37056	873	46	13698	94.4961722	5.503827795	3.602858457	1.900969338	3.02018609	0.251620611	0.633676146	1.095015075	0.146480725	0.025797392	0.000502355	2.96E-05	2.96E-05	0.055288569	0.035726285	0.239475447	15.55463232	Academic year

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 52 variables

Variable name	Variable description
appointments_perc	Authorised appointments absence rate
approved_educational_activity	Sessions marked as approved educational activity
attendance_perc	Attendance rate
auth_excluded_perc	Authorised exclusions absence rate
auth_grt_perc	Authorised traveller absence rate

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